Volume : 4, Issue : 3, March - 2015

Status of Women in Kerala- A macro level Analysis

Hima Hari . U

Abstract :

<p><p>&nbsp;Kerala, the tiny state in the Southwest corner of the Indian peninsula, has received worldwide attention for its unique&nbsp;</p> <div>development experience which is often called as Kerala Model of Development. The uniqueness of the Kerala model&nbsp;</div> <div>lies in the high social development with a low percapita income. Kerala has made significant achievements in the field&nbsp;</div> <div>of educational and Health sectors which is almost comparable to that of developed countries. Moreover, Kerala has been quite different from&nbsp;</div> <div>the rest of the country in terms of the indicators of women development. Kerala has a favourable sex ratio of 1084 in 2011. Similarly in terms of&nbsp;</div> <div>literacy, life expectancy, and mean age at marriage, women in Kerala score higher than any other state in the country. The main objective of this&nbsp;</div> <div>paper is to examine the status of women in Kerala by analyzing the literacy rate and Female Work Participation rate on the basis of Census Data.&nbsp;</div> <div>However, in spite of the outstanding achievements in the Human Development and Gender Equality indicators, Kerala lags behind other states&nbsp;</div> <div>in terms of women empowerment especially in terms of the rate of women work participation.</div></p>